I'm Not Buying Another Khuk

Munkcentered??.....my, aren't we just getting full of ourselves (in my best parental voice)....but it did make you stop playing with the bodies for a moment didn't it?

Love the old wood stocked rifles and the Mauser line is incredible. Synthetics have their place and are highly user friendly but I just like the warmth, the grain pattern etc
 
munk said:
I'd drop the plural, my friend, it makes you sound like the head of the local PTA. Never trust people who chronically speak in plural. (not that you have)

I wish I still had my Swedish Mauser. It was a super accurate one- the best of the 3 or 4 I'd owned.

munk
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Ah yes: "we are not amused." Don't you love all the politicians who speak only "we" ?

As for the 6.5 x 55 Swedes, oh for the good ole days when they were $19.95 + shipping from VA, NRA excellent and all matching. Wow! We didn't know what we were passing up. I was happy to get a nice one two years ago for $159.00 - REAL happy. And the surplus ammo is going outta sight.

On the other hand, the Swiss straight pulls were about impossible to get in the day, and they can be had now for $99 (bluing a little thin and some dings but wonderful inside).

(Munk, take care, OK?)

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Thomas, I missed the 20.00 Swedish Mausers, but did get the 79.99 variety about ...was it 8 or 9 years ago? You are right- 158.00 is a steal today. Almost got a straight pull but last year's gun projects stole the funds.


I never thought I'd see 'collector' interest in those ugly Russian bolt guns, but look at what we got now. I bet you were buying guns when M1 Carbines were 20 to 40 bucks. Now they're 600.00

If you wait long enough everything's 'good'. I never thought any one in their right mind would be talking about 'screw in' barreled SKS's instead of those cheap 'pinned barrels'...

Fenryr-I'll find all the words when I find the CD- but someone's daughter or lover gets drowned in the river, and they make a fiddle of her, but all she can play is, "oh the wind and rain' Old folk song- almost certainly British to start.


munk
 
Forget finding CD.

Google
Advanced Search
Exact phrase: "Oh the wind and rain"

Full text of song in first "result."

Enjoy.
 
Ferrous-got a buddy who is left handed & he is into finding the old Winchester 1400's in left-hand. He says there is no market much for them, so they are fairly cheap & he says they are reliable. He recently picked up one made around '64 that looks like new; with a full set of Cutts Comp. tubes for $175. Thought you might want to check into 'em. I like Browning A-5's, but I'm a SxS man.
 
Rusty said:
Besides, even in Nevada it's getting harder to find a good deep mine that hasn't had the entrance to the shaft blocked off. They are there but I ain't telling.
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Don't forget to bring a 50lb bag of lime. It helps move things along. :)
 
Good idea. I'll put the purchase on my credit card and make it two bags just to be sure. ;)

To tell the truth though, I usually pack on body only when outside my home county. Otherwise it's usually one inside arm's reach for being comfortable without the pain of an all day IWB ( inside waist-band ) carry.

As far as hunting rifles, ( excluding rimfires ) I sold what I had for furniture before getting married. I remember telling a friend he was sitting on/in the love seat the Safari Grade Remington 700 458 mag. had gone for. And that didn't have a scope. So I reckon that it's been 21 years + without a scoped hunting/varminting rifle. The 40XB-R in 308 went a bit later than that, but not much, and it weighed maybe 12 to 13 pounds with scope,

I'd love to have a CZ527 mannlicher stocked 223, and another 527 carbine in 7.62x39. A CZ550 Mannlicher in 7x57, and then a regular stocked 308. I've got military style semi's and I'd stock up on ammo for those cartridges.

They'd all make innocent looking varminting/hunting guns to take out, but compile a few cases of ammo. I don't see a need to kill anything, but it'd be an excuse for a few day's wanderings or to get out and meditate on.
 
I have 2 swedish Mausers. Model 94 carbines. Both are the older models made in Oberndorf rather than the later by Carl Gustav. One is sporterized (shame) One is in original condition with the full length stock. I see a lot of the 96's but I never see the 94's for sale anywhere. 6.5X 55 is a great cartridge.
 
Yvsa, the 9.3 x 62 is a popular European and African cartridge. It is a little more powerful than the 35 Whelen. It's a .366" diameter.

It enjoys a certain mystique amongst gun writers and semi crazed forum moderating desert dwellers. I don't think it is a shoulder ripper- being milder than the 375 H&H but useful for big game.



munk
 
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munk said:
Yvsa, the 9.3 x 62 is a popular European and African cartridge. It is a little more powerful than the 35 Whelen. It's a .366" diameter.

It enjoys a certain mystique amongst gun writers and semi crazed forum moderating desert dwellers. I don't think it is a shoulder ripper- being milder than the 375 H&H but useful for big game.

munk
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Thanks Munk.:)
But I know little about the individual power of guns so I don't know how powerful a 35 Whelen is.
I do know that the .308 was an excellent military cartridge for the most dangerous animal that has so far walked our beautiful planet, man.
But even a .22 rimfire in the right place is big enough for us, 'specially the super stingers.:D
So where is it in relation to the .308? Is the 9.3 x 62 big enough for elephants?
I'm pretty sure from the way that you stated it that the 375 H&H is but I wouldn't even know that for sure.:rolleyes: :( ;) :confused:
 
It could kill an elephant- but it is not an elephant cartridge, or even Cape Buffalo.
It makes a great Elk-Moose-deer cartridge, though it is not as flat shooting as a 308 It drives a 270 gr bullet at almost 2600 fps. The 35 Whelen drives a 250 gr bullet at 2400 to 2500 fps.
The .308 drives a 200 gr bullet at 2400 to 25oo fps

The 9.3 X62 I'm betting is the last stop before recoil becomes punishing. A 250 gr 35 Calibre from the Whelen at 2500 fps doesn't hurt. A 270 gr .375 calibre from a 375 H&H at 2700fps does. So splitting the difference is the 9.3

munk
 
I learned my hard lesson on a .416 Remington. :grumpy: The Whelen suits recoil-weenies like me just fine.
 
Munk, going back to your original title statement for this thread, I know just how you feel. I bought a gun safe recently to store all my khuks in and it is already full. I came to the same decision you did ----- until I saw the villagers that Bill put up on the Cantina this morning.

I admit it, I have a major flaw in my character. When I comes to the HI virus ---- I'm just a lump of jelly. :(
 
With a properly loaded 30-06 one can hunt anything in North America. I've shot lots of calibers and keeping coming back to the 30-06 for big game hunting.

And ya can get ammo at any nearby Wally World. :)
 
Glenn Jones said:
I bought a gun safe recently to store all my khuks in and it is already full.
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Glen what kind of safe did you get and how large is it if you don't mind me asking?

I bought the large one from Grizzly Ind quite a while back. It holds what few guns we have but won't quite hold all of the khuks anymore.:rolleyes:
There's some village models in the house that I need to put back in the vehicles.;)
 
Semper Fi said:
With a properly loaded 30-06 one can hunt anything in North America.
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The 30-06 is like the classic 12 guage, simply a classic.:D

But here in Oklahoma in certain areas you can only hunt with a shotgun, 20 guage and larger, .410s not allowed.:rolleyes:
I don't think people give the little .410 enough credit, hell it's as powerful as a .44 Mag and I think would be more than ample with slugs at the ranges here in these Okie woods!!!!
 
Yvsa, the rifle safe was made in Sydney, Australia by a company called Foxsafe. It's their FXB model. Its metric dimensions are 1300 x 400 x 300. I now have so many khuks that I had to buy one. I used those double-sided tape bathroom type hooks all over its inside and hang my khuks by that small loop of leather at the top of the sheath. I had previously stored all my khuks in our bedroom. My cupboards were full of them, my wife got tired of tripping over them (actually, I purposely made sure she did for reasons that follow), so I knew it was time for a more secure storage system - and the most important consideration in buying the safe - my wife let me buy a safe, no, she actually encouraged me to buy one. :D
 
Glenn Jones said:
I purposely made sure she did for reasons that follow), so I knew it was time for a more secure storage system - and the most important consideration in buying the safe - my wife let me buy a safe, no, she actually encouraged me to buy one. :D
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LMRRAO!!!!:D The rest of the guys need to take lessons from you Glenn.;)
Actually I had forgotten that you live in OZ and have access to brand names we don't.:o
I had to convert to English measurements and figured it to be 52" X 16" X 12" a fair size safe.
 
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